China has put Wang Junzheng, a political rising star, in charge of law and order in the Xinjiang province where the Uyghur Muslim minority is located. According to reports by various international …
Attackers Continue to Focus on Users, Well-Worn Techniques
Two new research reports indicate that threat actors mostly rely on traditional techniques, including phishing and credential stuffing, to target organizations. Trend Micro's yearly security report …
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74% Of Data Breaches Start With Privileged Credential Abuse
A new Centrify survey shows that privileged access credential abuse is a major threat, yet organizations are doing a poor job in terms of managing privileged access and securing privileged …
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Russia and Syria call for US troops to leave Syria
In a joint statement issued on Wednesday, Russia and Syria urged the US to withdraw its troops from Syria, saying that the "military units are on Syrian territory illegally." Just last week, the Trump …
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DARPA wants robots that humans will trust
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently announced its Competency-Aware Machine Learning (CAML) program, which aims to “develop machine learning systems that continuously …
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The Dark Side of the Kremlin: Hacked Russian documents explained
On Monday, a massive database totaling 170 gigabytes of confidential data relating to prominent Russian political figures, business leaders, religious leaders and the Russian military, was published …
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Key senators say administration should ban Huawei tech in US electric grid
A coalition of 11 powerful US senators, including the top Republican and Democratic members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is urging the US government to ban Huawei technology from the US …
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India Claims Airstrikes in Pakistan After Deadly Kashmir Attack
The Indian military on Tuesday launched airstrikes on Pakistani territory as tensions between the countries keep on rising. The already sour relations between the two countries have recently taken a …
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Social Media Drives $3.2bn+ in Black Hat Profits
According to a new report by Bromium, cybercriminals heavily rely on social media platforms to spread malware and to exchange illegal resources. Consequently, yearly profits of social media-enabled …
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Despite sanctions, Russian tanker supplied fuel to North Korean ship-crew members
According to two crew members of a Russian tanker owned by Primportbunker, the vessel was used to transfer fuel to a North Korean vessel in four separate occasions between October 2017 and May 2018. …